What to do with successful cuttings

[Maggiethecat]

First time taking cuttings this year and amazingly they have succeeded!
The salvias and roses look good and I wonder if I should be planting them out now or do I try to overwinter them until spring planting?

How big are they? I plant them out when the roots fill a 9x9 pot

Salvias can die in Winter so I'd pot them up and keep them protected. You could either plant the roses out or pot them up into a slightly bigger pot, but if it's a choice between planting out now or next Spring, I'd do it now because they'll have more time to get their roots down before any dry weather.

I’m not sure how big the roots are. I planted a number of cuttings in a 2 L pot at the start of August.

Ok, will pot up the salvias. Need to find a space now for the roses!
I didn’t expect them mostly to root so have more than I had anticipated.

You could just keep potting them up into bigger plastic pots - I like to use old David Austin pots and grow the cuttings to the size of a rose from the garden centre before planting out. 😃 Then you can decide whether to give them as presents or find space in the garden!

Good idea! The roses seem very robust.

More recently took cuttings of DA’s the generous gardener which has a lovely fragrance but hasn’t thrived in its position.
If the cuttings succeed I’ll try them in a different spot.

If you only took cuttings in August, they may not have a very big root system. I would keep them in their pots and separate out in early Spring next year.

Do you have a cold frame? The biggest problem with overwintering newly rooted cuttings isn't so much the cold, but the wet.

If you have several to a pot I would divide them and grow them on in individual pots before planting them out.

How much space do you have? I'm working on the assumption mine won't grow much over winter, just endure. So I'll move them next to the house for shelter when frost hits as I don't have a greenhouse. They are in a mixture of sharing spots in old pansy trays and 9cm pots. Not potting on because of space.